The Self-Portrait: A Cultural History

Hall's intelligent and vivid account shows how artists' depictions of themselves have been part of a continuing tradition that reaches back centuries. Along the way he reveals the importance of the medieval mirror craze
the explosion of the genre during the Renaissance
the confessional self-portraits of Titian and Michelangelo
the biographical role of serial self-portraits by artists such as Courbet and van Gogh
themes of sex and genius in works by Munch, Bonnard, and Modersohn-Becker
and the latest developments of the genre in the era of globalization.

Comprehensive and beautifully illustrated, the book features the work of a wide range of artists including Alberti, Caravaggio, D rer, Emin, Gauguin, Giotto, Goya, Kahlo, Koons, Magritte, Mantegna, Picasso, Raphael, Rembrandt, and Warhol.